This is an authoritative, one-volume, and independent treatment of the UN's sixty-year history written by distinguished scholars, analysts, and practitioners. Citations and suggested readings contain a wealth of primary and secondary references to the history, politics, and law of the world organization. This Handbook provides a clear and penetrating examination of the UN's development since 1945 and the challenges that it faces in the twenty-first century.
This key reference work also contains appendices of the Charter of the United Nations, Statute of the International Court of Justice, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
This volume is intended to shape the discipline of UN studies, and to establish itself as the essential point of reference for all those working on, in, or around the world organization. It is substantial in scope, containing contributions from over 40 leading scholars and practitioners - writing sometimes controversially, but always authoritatively - on the key topics and debates that define the institution.
The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations
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Table of Contents
PART I: INTRODUCTION; PART II: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS; PART III: PRINCIPAL ORGANS; PART IV: RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER ACTORS; PART V: INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY; PART VI HUMAN RIGHTS; PART VII DEVELOPMENT; PART VIII PROSPECTS FOR REFORM; PART I: INTRODUCTION; PART II: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS; PART III: PRINCIPAL ORGANS; PART IV: RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER ACTORS; PART V: INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY; PART VI: HUMAN RIGHTS; PART VII: DEVELOPMENT; PART VIII: PROSPECTS FOR REFORM
Author Description
Thomas G. Weiss is Presidential Professor of Political Science at The CUNY Graduate Center and Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, where he is co-director of the United Nations Intellectual History Project. He is the chair of the Academic Council on the UN System and the former editor of its journal, Global Governance. He has written or edited some 35 books and numerous articles about multilateral approaches to international peace and
security, humanitarian action, and sustainable development.
Sam Daws is a Senior Research Associate in the Centre for International Studies at the University of Oxford, where he is directing a project on UN Governance and Reform. He has served as a senior policy advisor on UN issues for 17 years, including three years as First Officer in the Executive Office of Secretary-General Kofi Annan. He previously directed a Geneva-based international consultancy. He undertook doctoral studies on UN reform at New College, Oxford, and has been a visiting fellow at
Cambridge and Yale Universities. He has co-authored or edited six books.